herë

See also: here, Here, and hère

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hōra (“hour, time, season”), through Vulgar Latin with unexplained preservation of h or more likely the coincidental reappearance by other means. Cognate with Romanian oară. Doublet of orë (“hour, clock, watch”), a recent borrowing.

Pronunciation

• (Tosk) IPA^(key): [ˈhɛɹə]
• (Gheg) IPA^(key): [ˈhɛːɹ]

Noun

herë f (plural herë, definite hera, definite plural herët)

1. time

   Synonyms: kohë, (archaic) qëro

2. an instant of time, instance
3. multiplied by, times
4. (archaic) season

Declension

Declension of herë

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	herë	hera	herë	herët
accusative		herën
dative	here	herës	herëve	herëve
ablative			herësh

Derived terms

• herahershëm
• herak
• herë-herë
• herëkeqe
• herëpasherëshëm
• herës
• herët
• hershëm
• hershmëri
• hershoj

Further reading

• “herë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• Newmark, Leonard (1999), “herë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press